Hello Amitkumar Karwar, The patch ed1ea6f42ece: "mwifiex: do le_to_cpu conversion for Rx packet header elements" from Aug 3, 2012, leads to the following static checker warning: drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_rx.c:251 mwifiex_process_sta_rx_packet() error: buffer overflow 'priv->rx_seq' 8 <= 255 user_rl='0-255' drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_rx.c 187 int mwifiex_process_sta_rx_packet(struct mwifiex_private *priv, 188 struct sk_buff *skb) 189 { 190 struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter = priv->adapter; 191 int ret = 0; 192 struct rxpd *local_rx_pd; 193 struct rx_packet_hdr *rx_pkt_hdr; 194 u8 ta[ETH_ALEN]; 195 u16 rx_pkt_type, rx_pkt_offset, rx_pkt_length, seq_num; 196 struct mwifiex_sta_node *sta_ptr; 197 198 local_rx_pd = (struct rxpd *) (skb->data); ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Smatch distructs skb->data like the plague. 199 rx_pkt_type = le16_to_cpu(local_rx_pd->rx_pkt_type); 200 rx_pkt_offset = le16_to_cpu(local_rx_pd->rx_pkt_offset); 201 rx_pkt_length = le16_to_cpu(local_rx_pd->rx_pkt_length); 202 seq_num = le16_to_cpu(local_rx_pd->seq_num); 203 204 rx_pkt_hdr = (void *)local_rx_pd + rx_pkt_offset; 205 206 if ((rx_pkt_offset + rx_pkt_length) > (u16) skb->len) { 207 mwifiex_dbg(adapter, ERROR, 208 "wrong rx packet: len=%d, rx_pkt_offset=%d, rx_pkt_length=%d\n", 209 skb->len, rx_pkt_offset, rx_pkt_length); 210 priv->stats.rx_dropped++; 211 dev_kfree_skb_any(skb); 212 return ret; 213 } 214 215 if (rx_pkt_type == PKT_TYPE_MGMT) { 216 ret = mwifiex_process_mgmt_packet(priv, skb); 217 if (ret) 218 mwifiex_dbg(adapter, DATA, "Rx of mgmt packet failed"); 219 dev_kfree_skb_any(skb); 220 return ret; 221 } 222 223 /* 224 * If the packet is not an unicast packet then send the packet 225 * directly to os. Don't pass thru rx reordering 226 */ 227 if ((!IS_11N_ENABLED(priv) && 228 !(ISSUPP_TDLS_ENABLED(priv->adapter->fw_cap_info) && 229 !(local_rx_pd->flags & MWIFIEX_RXPD_FLAGS_TDLS_PACKET))) || 230 !ether_addr_equal_unaligned(priv->curr_addr, rx_pkt_hdr->eth803_hdr.h_dest)) { 231 mwifiex_process_rx_packet(priv, skb); 232 return ret; 233 } 234 235 if (mwifiex_queuing_ra_based(priv) || 236 (ISSUPP_TDLS_ENABLED(priv->adapter->fw_cap_info) && 237 local_rx_pd->flags & MWIFIEX_RXPD_FLAGS_TDLS_PACKET)) { 238 memcpy(ta, rx_pkt_hdr->eth803_hdr.h_source, ETH_ALEN); 239 if (local_rx_pd->flags & MWIFIEX_RXPD_FLAGS_TDLS_PACKET && 240 local_rx_pd->priority < MAX_NUM_TID) { ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ We check ->priority here. 241 sta_ptr = mwifiex_get_sta_entry(priv, ta); 242 if (sta_ptr) 243 sta_ptr->rx_seq[local_rx_pd->priority] = 244 le16_to_cpu(local_rx_pd->seq_num); 245 mwifiex_auto_tdls_update_peer_signal(priv, ta, 246 local_rx_pd->snr, 247 local_rx_pd->nf); 248 } 249 } else { 250 if (rx_pkt_type != PKT_TYPE_BAR) 251 priv->rx_seq[local_rx_pd->priority] = seq_num; ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ But not on this path. 252 memcpy(ta, priv->curr_bss_params.bss_descriptor.mac_address, 253 ETH_ALEN); 254 } 255 256 /* Reorder and send to OS */ 257 ret = mwifiex_11n_rx_reorder_pkt(priv, seq_num, local_rx_pd->priority, 258 ta, (u8) rx_pkt_type, skb); 259 regards, dan carpenter -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html